Different IP for client and Server?

Hello,

I'm trying to make my arduino work as both a client and a server at the same time, but with different IPs. I want it as a client to get weather information from Yahoo API, and I want to use it as a server to chose the city. When I give them both the same IP it works but when I change it it doesn't. My router gives IPs with the subnet 255.255.255.0, it's IP is 192.168.0.1, and I want my arduino server to have a 169.254.x.x IP, but the client won't connect to the internet unless it has a 192.168.0.x IP. Thats why I'm trying to get it work with 2 IPs at the same time.

my code is as follows:

#include <SPI.h>
#include <Ethernet.h>
#include <SD.h>
#include <TextFinder.h>

byte mac[] = { 0xDE, 0xAD, 0xDE, 0xEF, 0xFE, 0xED };  // MAC address
IPAddress ipClient(192, 168, 0, 205);  // IP address
IPAddress ipServer(169, 254, 183, 205);  // IP address
EthernetServer server(80);  // create a server at port 80

IPAddress yahooServer(87,248,122,181);
EthernetClient client;
TextFinder  finder( client );  

File webFile;
String HTTP_req;  // stores the first line of HTTP request
boolean endOfFirstLine = false;
boolean pageFound;
char place[50];
char hum[30];
byte timer = 0;

void setup()
{
  HTTP_req.reserve(50);
  Ethernet.begin(mac, ipServer);  // initialize Ethernet device
  server.begin();           // start to listen for clients
  Serial.begin(9600);       // for debugging
  Serial.println("Setup...");
  Serial.println(Ethernet.localIP());
  
  // initialize SD card
  Serial.println(F("Initializing SD card..."));
  if (!SD.begin(4))
  {
    Serial.println(F("ERROR - SD card initialization failed!"));
    return;    // init failed
  }
  Serial.println(F("SUCCESS - SD card initialized."));
  // check for web page files
  if (!SD.exists("home.htm"))
  {
    Serial.println(F("ERROR - Can't find home.htm file!"));
    return;  // can't find index file
  }
  else
  {
    Serial.println(F("SUCCESS - Found home.htm file."));
  }
  if (!SD.exists("City.htm"))
  {
    Serial.println(F("ERROR - Can't find City.htm file!"));
    return;  // can't find index file
  }
  else
  {
    Serial.println(F("SUCCESS - Found City.htm file."));
  }
  if (!SD.exists("Data.htm"))
  {
    Serial.println(F("ERROR - Can't find Data.htm file!"));
    return;  // can't find index file
  }
  else
  {
    Serial.println(F("SUCCESS - Found Data.htm file."));
  }
  if (!SD.exists("error.htm"))
  {
    Serial.println(F("ERROR - Can't find error.htm file!"));
    return;  // can't find index file
  }
  else
  {
    Serial.println(F("SUCCESS - Found error.htm file."));
  }
}

void loop()
{
  Ethernet.begin(mac, ipServer);
  Serial.println(Ethernet.localIP());
  EthernetClient client = server.available();  // try to get client
  
  if (client)
  {  // got client?
    Serial.println(F("client"));
    endOfFirstLine = false;
    boolean currentLineIsBlank = true;
    while (client.connected())
    {
      if (client.available())
      {   // client data available to read
        char c = client.read(); // read 1 byte (character) from client
        if (c != '\n' && endOfFirstLine == false)
        {
          HTTP_req += c;  // save the HTTP request 1 char at a time
        }
        else
        {
          endOfFirstLine = true;
        }
        // last line of client request is blank and ends with \n
        // respond to client only after last line received
        if (c == '\n' && currentLineIsBlank)
        {
          // send a standard http response header
          client.println(F("HTTP/1.1 200 OK"));
          client.println(F("Content-Type: text/html"));
          client.println(F("Connection: close"));
          client.println();
          Serial.println(HTTP_req);
          pageFound = 0;
          // choose web page
          if (HTTP_req[6] == 'H' && HTTP_req[7] == 'T' && HTTP_req[8] == 'T' && HTTP_req[9] == 'P')  // home page
          {
            pageFound = 1;
            Serial.println(F("home"));
            webFile = SD.open("home.htm");
          }
          if ((HTTP_req[5] == 'C' || HTTP_req[5] == 'c') && (HTTP_req[6] == 'i' || HTTP_req[6] == 'I') && (HTTP_req[7] == 't' || HTTP_req[7] == 't') && (HTTP_req[8] == 'y' || HTTP_req[8] == 'Y'))  // city page
          {
            pageFound = 1;
            // show City page
            Serial.println(F("city"));
            webFile = SD.open("City.htm");
          }
          if ((HTTP_req[5] == 'v' || HTTP_req[5] == 'V') && (HTTP_req[6] == 'i' || HTTP_req[6] == 'I') && (HTTP_req[7] == 'e' || HTTP_req[7] == 'E') && (HTTP_req[8] == 'w' || HTTP_req[8] == 'W'))  // data page
          {
            pageFound = 1;
            // show Data page
            Serial.println(F("data"));
            webFile = SD.open("Data.htm");
          }
          if (HTTP_req[5] == 'f' && HTTP_req[6] == 'a' && HTTP_req[7] == 'v' && HTTP_req[8] == 'i')  // ignored request
          {
            pageFound = 1;
          }
          if (pageFound == 0)
          {
            Serial.println(F("ERROR 404"));
            webFile = SD.open("error.htm");
          }
          // send choosen web page
          if (webFile) {
            while(webFile.available())
            {
              client.write(webFile.read()); // send web page to client
            }
            webFile.close();
          }
          break;
        }
        // every line of text received from the client ends with \r\n
        if (c == '\n')
        {
          // last character on line of received text
          // starting new line with next character read
          currentLineIsBlank = true;
        } 
        else if (c != '\r') 
        {
          // a text character was received from client
          currentLineIsBlank = false;
        }
      } // end if (client.available())
    } // end while (client.connected())
    //Serial.println(F("end of while!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"));
    delay(1);      // give the web browser time to receive the data
    client.stop(); // close the connection
  } // end if (client)
  HTTP_req = "";
  if ( millis() - timer >= 5000)
  {
    timer = millis();
    yahooData();
  }
  //delay(1000);
}

void yahooData() //client function to receie weather data.
{
  Ethernet.begin(mac, ipClient);
  Serial.println(Ethernet.localIP());
  if (client.connect(yahooServer, 80)) {
    // Call Wetter-API
    // w: ID from your City
    // http://weather.yahooapis.com/forecastrss?w=12893459&u=c
    ///
    Serial.println("Connect to Yahoo Weather...");
    client.println("GET /forecastrss?w=12893459&u=c HTTP/1.0");
    client.println("HOST:weather.yahooapis.com\n\n");
    client.println();
    Serial.println("Connected...");
  }
  else
  {
    Serial.println("connection failed");
    Serial.println();
  }

  if (client.connected())
  {
    // Humidity
    if ( (finder.getString("<yweather:atmosphere humidity=\"", "\"",hum,4)!=0) )
    {
      Serial.print("Humidity:  ");
      Serial.println(hum);
    }
    else
    {
      Serial.print("No Humidity Data");
    }
    // Place/City
    if ( (finder.getString("<title>Conditions for ", " ",place,50)!=0) )
    {
      Serial.print("City:  ");
      Serial.println(place);
    }
    // Temperature
    if(finder.find("temp=") )
    {
      int temperature = finder.getValue();
      Serial.print("Temp C:  ");
      Serial.println(temperature);
    }
    else
    {
      Serial.print("No Temperature Data");
    }
    // END XML
  }
  else
  {
    Serial.println("Disconnected"); 
  }

  client.stop();
  client.flush();
}

Server code from W.A. Smith
Client code from Webmeister
combined using Zoomkat's Mixed client/server test code.

any help is appreciated.

If it matters, I'm using Arduino UNO with Ethernet Shield and SD card, and IDE 1.0.5-r2.

You should only need one IP address. Use the 192 series one. To act as a public facing server, you just need to configure your router to direct incoming traffic on port 80 to your arduino.

thank you for your replay wildbill.

What I'm ultimately trying to achieve is to make the arduino get an IP from a DHCP pool when its connected to any router, but I need an IP thats always known to access the webpges hosted on it. I don't need to be able to access the server from outside the local network, I don't want it to be possible actually.

What I don't understand is why the server stops working when I try using 2 IPs at the same time. What happens is, when the time comes to take data from yahoo, it does it without a problem, but my browser wouldn't display a thing when I type the IP for the server. Also on the serial monitor I can see that the IP changed successfully

Ethernet.begin(mac, ipServer);
  Serial.println(Ethernet.localIP());
Ethernet.begin(mac, ipClient);
  Serial.println(Ethernet.localIP());

and the serial monitor shows me the IPs I'm expecting

Also its not necessary to have 2 IPs if its possible to make the arduino connect to the internet as a client from an IP outside of the routers subnet.

Assuming the server is operating on port 80, when you typed the ip address in the browser, did you put http:// before the ip address?

I just tried it, it's the same. Used Chrome, Firefox and IE.
Using ping 192.168.0.205 command from the cmd on my computer, shows me that its receiving response back.(server IP). It also works if I give the server the 169.254.183.205 IP, with ping 169.254.183.205 command.

The Arduino Stops working as a Server when I include the Ethernet.begin() inside the loop, but it can still successfully get weather information from yahoo.